The space race, Cold War, and moon landing all connect back to an obscure silver iron mining operation in Germany.
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Published Mar 24, 2024 1:06 PM EDT
One of the most valuable caches in human history was found buried in an old mine in Lower Saxony. It wasn’t a precious mineral or ancient artifact—no, it was paper. In the latest video from Popular Science, we share the unbelievable and little known story of how 14 tons of buried paper impacted the space race.
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